Comments on: Bats as the canaries in the coal mine http://postapocology.com/blog/2008/02/20/bats-as-the-canaries-in-the-coal-mine/ Advancing PostApocology Studies in Climate Chaos, Peak Resources, Plague/Virus, Species Collapse, Biome Breach, Recovery, and more. Sat, 19 May 2012 14:41:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Jim Poyser http://postapocology.com/blog/2008/02/20/bats-as-the-canaries-in-the-coal-mine/#comment-15 Jim Poyser Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:02:41 +0000 http://postapocology.com/blog/2008/02/20/bats-as-the-canaries-in-the-coal-mine/#comment-15 Here's another example of the canary in the coal mine/bats in the caving-in ecosystem: the pteropod, a tiny marine snail highly sensitive to acidity and temperature, is at risk when it comes to global warming and its impact on the oceans. These pteropods are called the "potato chips" of the oceans as they are food for many different species. If they die off, then you've removed a staple from the ocean cuisine -- what other species will suffer. These losses are ecosystemic. The pteropod: another canary in the coal mine? To me, it's starting to look like we are all sitting ducks. Here’s another example of the canary in the coal mine/bats in the caving-in ecosystem: the pteropod, a tiny marine snail highly sensitive to acidity and temperature, is at risk when it comes to global warming and its impact on the oceans.

These pteropods are called the “potato chips” of the oceans as they are food for many different species. If they die off, then you’ve removed a staple from the ocean cuisine — what other species will suffer.

These losses are ecosystemic.

The pteropod: another canary in the coal mine?

To me, it’s starting to look like we are all sitting ducks.

]]>